Program: Geography: Minor with an emphasis in Tourism Development [TOUR] - SUNY Cortland - Modern Campus Catalog™

2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog

Apr 07, 2025

Students who elect the tourism development minor in geography focus on the planning, development and marketing of tourism at community and regional levels and the development and preservation of cultural and environmental characteristics as tourism resources.

Career Potential

Tourism planning and marketing
Transportation coordination

A. Required Courses: Nine credit hours

GRY 215 - Geography of Travel and Tourism (3 cr. hr.)
REC 315 - Ecotourism (3 cr. hr.)
Cross-listed with GRY 315
REC 415 - Tourism Planning and Development (3 cr. hr.)
Cross-listed with GRY 415

B. Electives selected from the following courses: 9-10 credit hours

At least three hours must be from each of the following groups:

1) Regional Courses

ECO 312 - Economic Development of Latin America (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 313 - Economic Development of Asia (3 cr. hr.)
GRY 480 - United States (3 cr. hr.)
GRY 482 - Central America and the Caribbean (3 cr. hr.)
GRY 484 - Geography of Europe (3 cr. hr.)
GRY 485 - Africa, South of the Sahara (3 cr. hr.)
GRY 486 - Monsoon Asia (3 cr. hr.)

2) Planning and Development Courses

ANT 315 - Development Anthropology (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 311 - Economic Development (3 cr. hr.)
GRY 327 - Computer Mapping (4 cr. hr.)
or
GRY 328 - Geographic Information Systems (4 cr. hr.)
REC 344 - Commercial Recreation Management (3 cr. hr.)
REC 402 - Management of Recreation Resources (3 cr. hr.)

Total Credit Hours Required for the Minor: 18